SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song

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The "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song" is the song that is sung at the beginning of every SpongeBob SquarePantsepisode. It is performed by Painty the Pirate and a group of kids. Other versions were made for special events and episodes.

[SpongeBob plays his like a trombone but it sounds like a flute. We hear seagulls and the episode starts]

April Fools/Rock Version

Rare Spongebob Intro April 1st 2017 Part 1

On a April 1, 2017 airing of "Funny Pants," a rock version of the theme song plays, with differences being that it is foggy, less colored and has cilps from "Krabby Road."

Trivia

Derek Drymon makes a comment about the SpongeBob theme song: "Steve's idea was to try to make the most annoying song you can, to—so when Saturday morning, when kids turn the TV on and parents are trying to sleep, you have this pirate screaming in the other room for the kids to jump on the floor."

The song is based on the sea shanty "Blow the Man Down."

Captain Maggot of Emilie Autumn's musical group likes to sing this song.

When SpongeBob plays the trombone in Truth or Square, it was similar to Pinky Dinky Doo when Mr. Guinea Pig played trumpet every time someone was about to say the "Great Big Fancy Word."

In The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, when Burger-Beard the Pirate begins reading the story to some talking seagulls, the seagulls begin to sing the theme song, but Burger Beard orders them to stop before they can finish, threatening them with death. In the end of the movie, having accepted defeat, Kyle, a younger seagull, asks him if they can sing it. They put a hat on Burger-Beard and a picture frame around him, and Burger-Beard reluctantly agrees to lead them in singing the song. The scene then becomes animated with Burger-Beard replaced by Painty the Pirate, and audio from the TV version of the theme song is used.

In some other countries, the intro footage is different. (Ex: the French version has a bubble of SpongeBob, a face of him and his name in French too)

After Season 1, the animation in Season 2 was changed to digital ink and paint. Despite the transition to HD in Season 9, the song remained cel animated and in standard definition until "Lame and Fortune." Starting with that episode, there was a new theme song in high definition.

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